After the Pacers pulled away in the fourth to beat the Bulls on Wednesday and improv to a perfect 5-0 on the season, Hibbert let it be known that he’s after one regular season award, and believes one of his teammates is in line for another.

Hibbert was obviously feeling pretty good about himself after grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking five shots against Chicago, while helping to hold Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah to just 10 points combined on 3-of-12 shooting.

I agree. I don’t think anyone alters/blocks as many shots as Hibbert. He absolutely controls the paint on his end. I wasn’t trying to discredit Hibbert at all. I just think Anthony Davis is playing out of his mind right now as well. 4.0 bpg and 2.2 spg(he does play more minutes than Hibbert).

Over the course of the season I would definitely think so. I was just commenting on the early part of the season. Both Hibbert and Anthony Davis are playing great. If history tells us anything Howard will definitely be in the mix.

metalhead65 - Nov 7, 2013 at 11:50 AM

what is wrong in being confident in yourself or in your teammate? sure it’s early but why not have goals that help the team as well as yourself?

Hibbert’s mouth has started early this season. This will make it the third year in a row he’s set himself up for disappointment with foolhardy statements in the press. It may be a sign of failure addiction.

And people need to stop saying, “it’s early.” It’s not even early yet. If it was January then you could say it’s early. These teams right now are not even going to resemble the teams that are gearing up for the playoffs 6 months from now. In fact, by the time the playoffs start these games may as well have happened last year (which, by that time, they will literally have happened “last year”).

As far as the individual awards are concerned… remember when Amare Stoudemire won MVP in 2010-11? So what Hibbert is saying – after 5 games – is beyond foolish.

“And people need to stop saying, “it’s early.” It’s not even early yet.”

Contradict much? Is it earlier than early? Dude, I’m giving you a hard time because your hatred for the Pacers is comical. For a sell proclaimed nomad that’s “more knowledgeable and objective than the average fan” you sure have a hard time being just that.

All Hibbert’s saying is his goal is to win DPoY. That’s wrong because?